NHL Player's Gruesome Photo Goes Viral

NHL Player's Gruesome Photo Goes Viral, Sami Lepisto of Blackhawks tweets disgusting leg bruise after blocked shot in playoffs (PHOTO), Sami Lepisto shows off an ugly bruise suffered before Chicago's playoff run came to an end. The Phoenix Coyotes eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six games during the opening round. Chicago defenseman Sami Lepisto, however, received a lovely parting gift after blocking an opponent's shot during the series.

OK, maybe "lovely" wasn't the right word:

That was a photo the 27-year-old Finnish player tweeted on Monday (@SamiLepisto), and it quickly became a viral hit on the web via sites like Deadspin and Larry Brown Sports. Lepisto's message that accompanied this image of his deep leg bruise:

"This is why I shouldn't be blocking slap shots!"

The question then becomes: Which player blasted him in the leg to cause this horror show?

Lepisto played three games in the series against Phoenix.

In Game 2, he didn't register a blocked shot. In Game 5, he blocked a Lauri Korpikoski slap shot at 17:52 of the second period. In Game 6, he blocked a Keith Yandle snap shot at 16:51 of the first period.

We have our suspicions that it was Korpikoski that turned Lepisto's leg into the Shroud of Turin; not only because his was a slap shot that Lepisto blocked, but because Lepisto didn't return for the third period and overtime for the Blackhawks in Game 5 after blocking that shot.

Lepisto becomes the latest hockey player to show off his battle damage via social media. In the last year and a half, we've had AHL player Ryan Duncan tweet his skate-slashed face; the Edmonton Oilers tweet star Taylor Hall's Frankenstein head after a skate cut in practice; and then there was Toronto Maple Leafs forward Darryl Boyce getting his nose lacerated by the photographer's hole in the glass. (Warning: None of those images are for the faint of heart.)

No matter how Sami Lepisto received that bruise … ouch. Just … ouch.

via: yahoo